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This is exactly how that convo went

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when you’re obsessed with a man you have a crush and read everything he’s ever written

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I'm still singing, cus you make me feel less small

You are the wave beneath it all

You lift me when I fall down~

As I go, carry hope it won't be long

We'll make an ocean of this song

And I'll sail where the wind blows now

Towards you

[lunastarhawk]

A second mini excerpt. Because why not.

Two streams of consciousness, one atop the other; one, the memory, surging and frothing and churning as it broke through the spell that had bound it like a river bursting through a dam, the magical net now cut; the other, the now, trying to catch it, to watch, to feel. And he did. It was quick, like a dream that flashes in and out of existence, but unlike a dream they stuck with him. Days and weeks lived in a moment.

A completed chapter on WiP Wednesday? More likely than you'd think.

Tides of Memories part 28 Chapter 8 - The Doctor's Apprentice part 2: Distractions

On AO3

What is structure anyway.

Reliving his memories of his time working with Altheia during the Red plague, Julian discovers some of her hidden past, and just how she wound up at the shop in Vesuvia.

Something of an Altheia-flavoured rewrite of Delightful Distractions, from Julian's pov, but is different in many ways from the original. It tells of when they got together together, and contains Altheia lore!

Excerpt

"I think that if you weren't a doctor, you'd find one to work with. Perhaps become their apprentice." Julian heard the wry smile behind Altheia's words, because that was exactly what she had done. "Ah. Maybe so." "Besides, Asra was always leaving. He'd go away for weeks at a time. Never let me go with him. So it really didn't surprise me that he left, and who could blame him. What did surprise me was that he asked me to go with him this time." "But you didn't… because…" "You know because." "Mmm." She'd wanted to help, he told himself. He stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. "Can I ask something else?" Altheia chuckled. "It's the evening for questions, is it?" "It seems that way." He took a deep breath, almost afraid to ask, fearing the question would push her away, but he had to know. "How… why… did you wind up at Asra's shop at all?" "It's not his shop," she said primly. "It's mine." Her other hand brushed wayward locks of hair from his eye; he looked up to see a shadow across her eyes. "You haven't asked before." "No, well, you didn't seem to want to talk about it, and it wasn't really any of my business." "Is it your business now?" Julian bit his lip and looked away. "Ah. No. Probably not." "It could be." He looked up again. "Could it?" "What do you want?" Julian sighed. "What does it matter what I want?" "It matters now." "I want…" You, he thought. But he couldn't say it. Because if he said it, if he heard her say it back… he knew he couldn't let her go. So instead he said, "I want another drink, that's what I want." Altheia clicked her tongue and sharply raised her legs so that Julian tumbled off her lap with a surprised "Ow!" The pebbles and seashells were sharp under his hands as he pushed himself to sit up. The beach… the shells…

"Fine, don't tell me." Altheia sounded embarrassed and started to move away, but Julian grabbed her hand in a panic, looking into her eyes in earnest as he blurted out, "If I tell you, you'll stay."

The rest is on AyOhThreeee

[lunastarhawk]

the california scrubjay is a member of the corvid family found from southern british columbia to western nevada, with a wide distribution throughout california. they are overall a cheery blue with light gray and white markings, which vary slightly by subspecies. they are known to be inquisitive and confident birds that not only visit birdfeeders, but may steal from plates at restaurants or take food directly from human hands. they have a harsh, screeching call, like other jays. true to their name, they enjoy habitats with scrubland, preferring pinion-juniper forests, oak woods, and mixed evergreen forests. they are social birds that often spend time foraging in pairs or family groups. their opportunistic omnivorous diet means they predate on frogs, lizards, small mammals, and steal eggs from other birds, but also consume insects, grains, nuts, berries, and human scraps.

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AAAAAHHHHH I LOVE HER SO MUCH 😍🥲❤️ Thank you 🥰

A week later and @lunastarhawk’s beloved grandblorbo, Marin, is finished! Thanks for letting me steal borrow her for practice! Her features are so fun to draw. I'm getting more comfortable with coloring/shading and learned a lot 😊

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new tag game: the thing you most often pretended to be as a kid—whether it was a horse, a bride, a queen, a specific character, a knight, a lawyer, a baby, anything—is symbolically representative of you currently. what is it for you?

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A completed chapter on WiP Wednesday? More likely than you'd think.

Tides of Memories part 28 Chapter 8 - The Doctor's Apprentice part 2: Distractions

On AO3

What is structure anyway.

Reliving his memories of his time working with Altheia during the Red plague, Julian discovers some of her hidden past, and just how she wound up at the shop in Vesuvia.

Something of an Altheia-flavoured rewrite of Delightful Distractions, from Julian's pov, but is different in many ways from the original. It tells of when they got together together, and contains Altheia lore!

Excerpt

"I think that if you weren't a doctor, you'd find one to work with. Perhaps become their apprentice." Julian heard the wry smile behind Altheia's words, because that was exactly what she had done. "Ah. Maybe so." "Besides, Asra was always leaving. He'd go away for weeks at a time. Never let me go with him. So it really didn't surprise me that he left, and who could blame him. What did surprise me was that he asked me to go with him this time." "But you didn't… because…" "You know because." "Mmm." She'd wanted to help, he told himself. He stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. "Can I ask something else?" Altheia chuckled. "It's the evening for questions, is it?" "It seems that way." He took a deep breath, almost afraid to ask, fearing the question would push her away, but he had to know. "How… why… did you wind up at Asra's shop at all?" "It's not his shop," she said primly. "It's mine." Her other hand brushed wayward locks of hair from his eye; he looked up to see a shadow across her eyes. "You haven't asked before." "No, well, you didn't seem to want to talk about it, and it wasn't really any of my business." "Is it your business now?" Julian bit his lip and looked away. "Ah. No. Probably not." "It could be." He looked up again. "Could it?" "What do you want?" Julian sighed. "What does it matter what I want?" "It matters now." "I want…" You, he thought. But he couldn't say it. Because if he said it, if he heard her say it back… he knew he couldn't let her go. So instead he said, "I want another drink, that's what I want." Altheia clicked her tongue and sharply raised her legs so that Julian tumbled off her lap with a surprised "Ow!" The pebbles and seashells were sharp under his hands as he pushed himself to sit up. The beach… the shells…

"Fine, don't tell me." Altheia sounded embarrassed and started to move away, but Julian grabbed her hand in a panic, looking into her eyes in earnest as he blurted out, "If I tell you, you'll stay."

The rest is on AyOhThreeee

[lunastarhawk]

I am privileged to be your #6 and we have talked through several of these over the years! But I want to pick your brain on:

#7, #13, #18, and #24

I’m also tossing #56 at you. I have plenty of nice things to say about your writing, but I want you to something nice about your writing ❤️

Oooh questions! (To this ask game)

I'm gonna answer 6 first even though you didn't ask it because... Excuse me ma'am you're not just a beta, you're the VIP MVP and if the question is how important are you to the process, the answer is there would be no process. So. There. <3

7. How do you choose which pov to write from?

For the general pov I just... really don't like 1st person. I did it for my first Arcana fics because The Arcana itself is 1st person. 2nd person just feels... wrong. "Y/n" can get in the bin. I much prefer 3rd because I can narrate the character as well as see their perspective, and it's easier to change pov between characters. It seems mad to me now that I ever considered writing ToM as 1st person.

When it comes to the characters, I tend to alternate povs, and usually it just feels obvious from what part of the story I want to tell. Sometimes I don't want to know what a person's perceiving, I want someone else to perceive them. Aside from that, it's either "hmm I wonder what that one's thinking right now", or it's whoever shouts "MY TURN" at me the loudest.

13. What's a common writing tip you almost always follow?

Er. I'm not very good at taking advice or tips (see also my answer to 24 lol). I just make it up as I go along. If anyone ever gave "wing it" as a writing tip, I follow that one.

18. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

Titles are my nemesis. Occasionally I come up with a good one in advance, like the two I've got for ToM's endings. Most commonly, I get the whole thing tagged and saved as a draft on AO3 and still don't have a title. I tend to read through the story and see if a line or quote jumps out that can be used. If I get desperate I'll resort to song lyrics.

24. Worst writing advice anyone gave you?

'Write what you know.' I know nothing, my stories would be blank pages.

But in general I'm kinda bad at taking advice or tips or whatever. I'm just watching the little people running around in my head, and writing what they're doing. If I was to get bogged down by the dos and don'ts and rules and things I have to think about, I'd lose heart and then I'd lose my story. Whether fan fiction or original work, I write for me, for fun, from my heart, and if my heart wants to wing it with no outline, no structure, forget adjectives, use run-on sentences, too many semi-colons and start sentences with And or But, who's gonna stop me huh. Who.

56. What's something about your writing that you pride yourself on.

First of all, how dare you.

Okay let's see... I guess I can take pride in actually finishing things (yes yes I see you side-eyeing ToM after more than two years, but slow and steady wins the race innit). Maybe I can take pride in the fact that ToM is taking so long because it's frickin novel trilogy length at this point.

I do like how I write character interaction and relationships tbh. If I can read it like banter between two mates down the pub who also happen to be deeply in love and horny for each other, I'm happy.

But specific to fan fiction, what I'm most proud of is that I've written canon characters true to their character, and especially their voice. I've had enough people tell me they like how I write Julian that I can be proud of that. It's important to do him justice, ya know?

And I'm proud of Altheia and Favian tbh. And some of my other secret OCs. My home grown blorbos. I love them to bits and pieces so I should take pride in them too tbh.

Yeah. Character voice and sassy, teasing, loving banter. I can be proud of that.

And as a whole, I'm actually proud of Tides of Memories :)

[lunastarhawk]

HD Scans of Rook's Deck (2/2)

Cards 30 - 52. (under the cut)

Part 1 Here

[lunastarhawk]

A completed chapter on WiP Wednesday? More likely than you'd think.

Tides of Memories part 28 Chapter 8 - The Doctor's Apprentice part 2: Distractions

On AO3

What is structure anyway.

Reliving his memories of his time working with Altheia during the Red plague, Julian discovers some of her hidden past, and just how she wound up at the shop in Vesuvia.

Something of an Altheia-flavoured rewrite of Delightful Distractions, from Julian's pov, but is different in many ways from the original. It tells of when they got together together, and contains Altheia lore!

Excerpt

"I think that if you weren't a doctor, you'd find one to work with. Perhaps become their apprentice." Julian heard the wry smile behind Altheia's words, because that was exactly what she had done. "Ah. Maybe so." "Besides, Asra was always leaving. He'd go away for weeks at a time. Never let me go with him. So it really didn't surprise me that he left, and who could blame him. What did surprise me was that he asked me to go with him this time." "But you didn't… because…" "You know because." "Mmm." She'd wanted to help, he told himself. He stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. "Can I ask something else?" Altheia chuckled. "It's the evening for questions, is it?" "It seems that way." He took a deep breath, almost afraid to ask, fearing the question would push her away, but he had to know. "How… why… did you wind up at Asra's shop at all?" "It's not his shop," she said primly. "It's mine." Her other hand brushed wayward locks of hair from his eye; he looked up to see a shadow across her eyes. "You haven't asked before." "No, well, you didn't seem to want to talk about it, and it wasn't really any of my business." "Is it your business now?" Julian bit his lip and looked away. "Ah. No. Probably not." "It could be." He looked up again. "Could it?" "What do you want?" Julian sighed. "What does it matter what I want?" "It matters now." "I want…" You, he thought. But he couldn't say it. Because if he said it, if he heard her say it back… he knew he couldn't let her go. So instead he said, "I want another drink, that's what I want." Altheia clicked her tongue and sharply raised her legs so that Julian tumbled off her lap with a surprised "Ow!" The pebbles and seashells were sharp under his hands as he pushed himself to sit up. The beach… the shells…

"Fine, don't tell me." Altheia sounded embarrassed and started to move away, but Julian grabbed her hand in a panic, looking into her eyes in earnest as he blurted out, "If I tell you, you'll stay."

The rest is on AyOhThreeee

[lunastarhawk]

HD Scans of Rook's Deck (1/2)

Cards 1 - 29. (under the cut)

Part 2 Here

[lunastarhawk]

Surprise!

We are beyond happy to bring you this gift that Ramon Tikaram has made for you all!

Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us and helped us raise funds for the PCRF. We'll see you next Dragon Age Day! 💜

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My YouTube has been putting the wrong titles on shorts and for a second I thought you were about to assassinate Drake 🤣

It’s really annoying when a bug is funnier than I could ever be.

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bring me the black materia cloud

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